BYD (Build Your Dreams) plans to launch its first battery-electric pickup truck later this year (2024), as the Chinese EV giant steps up competition to take on established truck manufacturers Toyota, Isuzu and Ford. The midsize to large pickup truck has been developed for the global market. The un-named truck is taking direct aim at the Toyota Hilux, Ford Ranger and Isuzu D-Max.
Kia have been constantly at the forefront of the EV revolution for several years now (along with its sister company Hyundai). The EV6 was initially announced in March 2021 as a 2022 model and shared the architecture with the Hyundai IONIQ5, but with completely different spec/options. I’ve lusted after this car since I set eyes on it… but would it, could it live up to my expectations? Let’s find out…
In Part 1 we went into many of the Lies, Myths And Actual Truth’s about EV’s and their batteries – most of it was just Misinformation – deliberate or otherwise. The article got so long, we had to break it up into two separate articles. In Part 2, we’ll tackle the misinformation regarding EV costs and we’ll tack the negative aspects of EV’s – all is not perfect in the world of electric vehicles, that’s for sure. (Part 1 )
The people most vocal against EV’s are the ones that have never driven one – and they have no intention of ever driving one. They are the ones yelling all over social media – spreading lies, myths and misinformation for something they have absolutely no experience with. Unfortunately they are the ones that everyone parrots as fact whenever they, in-turn bash EV’s. Hopefully I can help you wade through the muck and get to the actual truth. Are they perfect? No vehicle is perfect. But they are damn good!
Last year we drove the amazing Volvo V90 station wagon and loved it so – much it’s one of our favourite cars, albeit a station wagon! This time out we get the opportunity to drive an all-electric small SUV from Volvo. The V60 had a couple of un-Volvo quirks – what will this electric one throw up? Well some things are typical Volvo, but there’s a couple of things that we weren’t expecting…
We’d never seen one of these in public until we were handed the key FOB. Now we get to drive one for a week! The All-New Hyundai IONIQ 6. With sleek lines and an interesting interior we couldn’t wait to fire up the electrons and take if for a blast!
If you’re scared of going fully electric in your next vehicle, then the Mitsubishi Outlander GT PHEV should be right at the top of your road test list. It’s electric for most of your driving needs and gas powered for your range anxiety…oh, and it’s a damn good SUV too!
We never got to test the first gen version of the Nero unfortunately, but we got our hands on the All-New 2nd generation – an EV we’ve always wanted to drive.
The completely new 2023 Nissan ARIYA has been advertised for more than a year, so it’s very familiar and ever since we set our eyes on it we’ve been anticipating the opportunity to spend a week driving one. As an EV and an SUV – it’s Nissan first stab in this marketplace. The Leaf has been around for more than a decade, so Nissan know what they’re doing with regards to car EV’s – but how will their venture into the eSUV segment fair? Note: Lots of pictures and loads of details in this review
We’ve seen pictures of the IONIC5 for a while now, but I’ve never actually seen one in the flesh, on the road. It’s a very rare beast and as of right now there’s a 1 year wait until people are going to be getting them…people want them, but dealerships can’t get them – it’s the typical story of 2022 from all manufacturers. Oh well, we’ve got one and we’ve got an entire week behind the wheel.
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